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Feeling tired on Metforim

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ilovemydog

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Just recently diagnosed with type two diabetes and just started Meforim but I feel so tired - is this normal. Also have an underactive thyroid which does not help. Just really want some reassurance that I will feel better soon.
 
ilovemydog said:
Just recently diagnosed with type two diabetes and just started Meforim but I feel so tired - is this normal. Also have an underactive thyroid which does not help. Just really want some reassurance that I will feel better soon.
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welcome here ilovemydog :)

I think it is the underactive thyroid that makes you feel tired and maybe a too raised blood glucose that also can make people very tired..
if you go low carb I think you´ll feel much beter in a week or so.. I did , it made a tremendous change in how I felt and my blood glucose came down in a non-diabetic level which is the healthy state to be in, I also ate vitamin B12 and it seemed to make my thyroid hormon work better too..


There are two aspects to Metformin you need to know ;

1. Metformin can over time create a lack of vitamin B12 in your body and hinder your body in uptaking this vitamin

2. Metformin can mask a low thyroid level , that is actually much lower than the TSH (thyrodea stimulating hormon) indicates ; as the Metformin seems to in some ways to destroy the produktion of THS somewhat and when TSH seems low the GP thinks one is much higher in thyroid hormon level than one actually is... and they will many times lower ones level of prescribed thyroid hormons ... making one feel even more fatiqued and one could gain a lot of adding weight on top of that while believing one gets the adequate amunt of added thyroid hormons..http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/832394

I´ll tag @daisy1 so you´ll get the very valuable information everyone new in here gets , really worth reading..
 
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Thanks for information and indeed they have just lowered my Thyroxine - also I am and have been for some time on a low Carb eating plan I do think its my Thyroid will go and have it tested once more.
 
ilovemydog said:
Thanks for information and indeed they have just lowered my Thyroxine - also I am and have been for some time on a low Carb eating plan I do think its my Thyroid will go and have it tested once more.
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yes and give them this link so they can read it themselves
 
ilovemydog said:
Just recently diagnosed with type two diabetes and just started Meforim but I feel so tired - is this normal. Also have an underactive thyroid which does not help. Just really want some reassurance that I will feel better soon.
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Another thing to watch out for with Metformin is that you might find diarrhoea could be an unpleasant side effect. I have that problem with it, but I have an unsympathetic doctor. Hope your tiredness improves.
 
ilovemydog said:
Just recently diagnosed with type two diabetes and just started Meforim but I feel so tired - is this normal. Also have an underactive thyroid which does not help. Just really want some reassurance that I will feel better soon.
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After I started on metformin.I returned to the doctor with fatigued symptoms.Breathing trouble,carpal tunnel,and a host of other weird symptoms.Confirmed tsh was 5.
I can't say I have done great on the thyroid medication but I sure lost weight.
Having high blood sugar and low thyroid really made me feel like hell.
I find high blood sugar reduces thyroid function.

I often wondered if low tsh or thyroid function interferes with carbohydrate metabolism.

You need to get the thyroid problem properly sorted.And have the full profile of tests not just t4 and tsh.
According to Dr Bernstein diabetics have a conversion problem to t3 rather than t4 shortage.Not that any gp would know that

There is a Facebook support group you may consider joining Hypothyroidism 23 k members
I don't know if metformin causes fatigue.I thought I had more energy without it.
 
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